Information request
Our reference: 5749541
 
Good afternoon,
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
I am writing to ask you to clarify your request. This is because we need
further details from you in order to identify and locate the information.
Therefore I should be grateful if you would provide your full name. Under
the Freedom of Information act your full name is require to continue and
progress with your request.
 
I will not be able to take this matter further without this extra
information from you. Please let me know by 31 January 2024.
 
If I do not hear from you within the timeframe provided, I shall take it
that you do not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request
closed. 
 
If you need assistance, please contact me on
[Buckinghamshire Council request email]
 
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Kind Regards
 
 
The Information Governance Team

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Our reference: 5749541

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Hi Samantha,
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 17 January
2024.
 
Your request was:
I would like you to provide me with the following information:
Details of the help you expect local mainstream Primary schools to provide
for children with each of the following special educational
needs/disability.
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Autism
- ADHD
- Anxiety

* Details of the criteria you use to decide when to make an EHC needs
assessment for children with
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Autism
- ADHD
- Anxiety

We will handle your request under the most appropriate legislation.
 
You can expect to receive a response by 14 February 2024.
 
The Council will be in touch if we need any further information. 
 
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Yours sincerely
 
Information Management Team
[Buckinghamshire Council request email]
 
 
 
 

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Hi Samantha,
 
Thank you for your request received on 17 January 2024 concerning 
I would like you to provide me with the following information:

Details of the help you expect local mainstream Primary schools to provide
for children with each of the following special educational
needs/disability.
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Autism
- ADHD
- Anxiety

* Details of the criteria you use to decide when to make an EHC needs
assessment for children with
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Autism
- ADHD
- Anxiety

 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Kind Regards
 
Information Governance Team

 
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Hi Sam,
 
Follow Up 
 
Our reference  5749541
 
Thank you for your email.  We are treating this as a follow up request,
and aim to provide you with a response within 10 working days. 
 
Please don't edit the subject line if replying to this email.
 
Kind Regards
 
The Information Governance Team

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Hi Sam
 
Follow Up Response
 
Our reference 5749541
 
Thank you for your recent correspondence for a follow up request. My
apologies for any inconvenience caused.
I can confirm that your further concerns were sent to the service to
review.  Please find below their response:
 
Question
Details of the criteria you use to decide when to make an EHC needs
assessment for children with
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Autism
- ADHD
- Anxiety
 
Response
Please see the link attached below. 
 
EHC needs assessments | Buckinghamshire Council
[1]https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schoo...
 
 
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Kind Regards
 
 
Sayema Akter
Information Governance Officer

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Information request
Our reference: 5749541

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Hi Sam
 
Follow Up 
 
Our reference  5749541
 
Thank you for your email.  We are treating this as a follow up request,
and aim to provide you with a response within 10 working days. My
apologies this has not met your expectations. I will look to provide you
with the criteria for once the EHCNA has been applied for as advised in
your previous email.
 
Please don't edit the subject line if replying to this email.
 
Kind Regards
 
The Information Governance Team

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Hi Sam
 
Follow Up Response
 
Our reference 5749541
 
Thank you for your recent correspondence for a follow up request.  I can
confirm that your further concerns were sent to the service to review.  I
have noted the response below. If the response does not meet the
requirements of what you are requesting please can you rephrase the
question. I will then discuss this with the service.
 
Please find below their response:
When the local authority decides not to agree to an Education, Health and
Care Needs (EHC) assessment, this is often called a 'refusal to assess'.  
If you have received a refusal to assess decision, you may feel unhappy
about it. You may want to know how to challenge it. To do so, it is
important to know how the local authority must make its decision.
 
The local authority's decision must be based on a 'legal test'.
 
The 'legal test' for an EHC needs assessment is as follows.
 
The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 36) (8), the local authority
must secure an EHC needs assessment for the child or young person if,
after having regard to any views expressed and evidence submitted under
subsection (7), the authority is of the opinion that,
(a) the child or young person has or may have special educational needs,
and
(b) it may be necessary for special educational provision to be made for
the child or young person in accordance with an EHC plan.

• There is guidance in the SEND Code of Practice section 9.14 which
helps the local authority to make their decision. This is guidance
though, so advisory, not compulsory  - it is not the legal test. Some
of the guidance is about the evidence the local authority could look
at:
• Is there evidence (usually paperwork) to show that the education
provider has taken relevant and purposeful action to identify, assess
and meet the special educational needs of the child or young person?
• If the evidence shows that this action has been taken, does it also
show that the child or young person has not made expected progress?

 
To inform their decision the local authority should have taken into
account a wide range of evidence, with particular attention to:

• Evidence of the child or young person's academic attainment (or
developmental milestones in younger children) and rate of progress.
• Information about the nature, extent and context of the child or young
person's SEN.
• Evidence of the action already being taken by the early years
provider, school or post-16 institution to meet the child or young
person's SEN.
• Evidence that where progress has been made, it has only been as the
result of much additional intervention and support over and above that
which is usually provided.
• Evidence of the child or young person's physical, emotional and social
development and health needs, drawing on relevant evidence from
clinicians and other health professionals and what has been done to
meet these by other agencies.
• Where a young person is aged over 18, the local authority must
consider whether the young person requires additional time, in
comparison to the majority of others of the same age who do not have
special educational needs, to complete their education or training.
• The decision letter must refer to the 'legal test' and may also refer
to the evidence the local authority has used to make its decision.

 
Please don't edit the subject line if replying to this email.
 
Kind Regards
 
The Information Governance Team

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